Monday, November 22, 2010

Well, it needs to be signed by all parties, but everything has been settled. A letter of completion is supposed to be sent to the fertility doctor. After they receive the letter, I can schedule my medical consultation/clearing. The appointment needs to be scheduled 6-12 days after the start of my cycle so the sonogram can be performed to check the condition of my uterus. My last period started Oct.30, so my next should be arriving in the next week. Hopefully, the appt. can be scheduled for this coming month, rather than waiting a whole other month. I am supposed to call the fertility doctor back at the end of the week.

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

The legal contracts are going back and forth with questions and minor changes. It can be a little stressful at times, making sure everyone is protected and feels secure with moving forward. We all are taking medical, emotional, and financial risks. I understand the need for all the legal issues to be hammered out. However, I am looking forward to it being finalized and getting on to the pregnancy and passing on a much desired baby to a loving family. During the legal phase, we are advised to forward all questions to the attorney, not the intended parents, or anyone else. I understand this, but have not liked not being able to talk to the parents. I look forward to being done with this phase and sharing a pregnancy with the parents. Hopefully, this part will be completed soon.

My family

Welcome to my surrogacy blog!

Hi. My name is Carla. I am married to Brian. We have been married almost 10 years. We had 3 children in 2.5 years: Gareth (6-06), Zane (9-07), and Iris (1-09). Brian works as a web programmer. I used to be a social worker for people with developmental disabilities, but now stay home with our children.

In June 2009, we moved from a nice, cookie cutter subdivision to a humble, little, farm house, on 10 acres, in rural east central Illinois. We are interested in living a simpler life moving towards self sufficiency. We are interested in homesteading, gardening, beekeeping, and atheism/secular humanism/skepticism. I am a crafter of all sorts of creations - love to sew and quilt, and have many other interests, including weaving, pottery, painting, scrapbooking, among other things.

Our family feels complete - we are very done having babies for ourselves! My husband had a vasectomy to ensure that we would not be surprised with another baby.

I started thinking about becoming a gestational surrogate during my second pregnancy. The feelings I had did not fade, so here we are now. We were lucky enough to conceive quickly/naturally and have "easy" pregnancies. I have friends and have read about many people that have fertility issues and it does not come so easily for them. It saddens me that they can not fulfill their dreams. I was able to help a couple complete their family, delivering a baby girl, in December 2011. I am now on my second and final journey, helping 2 men from Argentina become daddies, with additional help from an egg donor.

Feel free to ask any questions. I tend to be an open book as long as there is genuine, sincere, respectful interest.